PS.) Most days, I get up early and workout before work (I work 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM), but occationally I sleep in and work out in the evening after work. Soon I'll be spitching to day shift (7:00AM to 3:00PM), so then I'll be working out in the afternoon/evening all the time.

I hit a snag this week. There was a fire in my appartment building early Wednesday morning. Fortunately ,my wife and I are fine. Also our pets (a cockatiel, two geckos, two scorpions and three goldfish) survived the fire, and our appartment looks good. However, we haven't gotten the okay to move back in yet, or even been told when we'll be able to. In the meantime we're living with my wifes parents about 45-60 minutes away, I don't know when exactly I'll be able to workout again.

I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news first. My wife and I are still at her parents house, so I won't be able to workout for a while (at least not with weights). The good news however is that my wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Monday. Although he was born about 3-4 weeks early, he was 6 lbs, 14 oz and 18" long.

More bad news. My wife called me at work today to let me know my cockatiel died. She survived the fire only to drop dead a week and a half later for no apparent reason. I'd had that bird since 8th grade.